The European Union

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This report examines specific problems in the European Union and posits solutions in a case example format in which several of the EU conflicts are addressed. The paper also addresses measures which could, in the future, lead to these conflicts being overcome and would contribute to an increasingly unified and progressive EU that is united on leadership concepts of communication and teamwork rather than on fractious divisionism.

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"One of the main problems that the EU is facing is a lack of integration. The European Union started out as a post-cold-war way of Europe getting together and uniting nations, but it has denigrated in many ways to a situation in which there are divisions and fractious disagreements between the cultural and social policies of member countries. For example, France is a member state that has been rebelling against the
EU's unity, along with the Netherlands, recently, due to trade provisions and arguments of protectionism. "Barring a last-minute reversal in France's grumpy public mood, the European Union faces a period of gloom and introspection, its main leaders distracted by domestic fights for survival and unable to give new impetus to EU integration. The first
casualty could be efforts to craft a deal next month on the EU's 2007-2013 long-term budget" (Taylor, 2005)."

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